A former Australian Prime Minister, the late Malcolm Fraser , aka the Crazy Grazier, famously made the statement that life could be nasty at times...like when he was elected PM after the sacking of Gough Whitlam by the sozzled Governor-General , Sir John Kerr .
From time to time , Little Darwin , in its fight against the forces of darkness , receives bundles which have fallen from the back of trucks late at night , old newspaper cuttings, strange letters and revealing files .
While attending a political Christmas party in a French restaurant a day or so ago , a seasoned political apparatchik , with Belgian chocolate cake and sauce to follow, surreptitiously slipped a document into the sweaty hand of a rump and garlic prawns subversive connected with this blog .
Later , on close examination , in a cone of silence , the intriguing foreign item was unwrapped and found to contain the following advertisement for the sale of a classic 1961 Lancia Flaminia Sport Zagato SI RHD , described as very rare , formerly owned by Malcolm Fraser . Price : 650,000 Euros .
PIT STOP : After posting this revelation, Little Darwin received a coded message from a modest pollie , voted Politician of the Year by the Canberra press gang , (admittedly a long time ago ) , the former Honourable ALP Member for Casey , leather jacket , dark glasses and occasional fruity oaths , the one and only Pete Steedman . It revealed that Steedman once owned a Lancia, but it was just a working man's model . He explained the situation thus :" I was always pissed off because Malcolm had this rare and special Lancia. I
had a 1969 Zagato, rare enough itself, but Malcolm had the one I coveted. "
Steedman has had some great wheels over the years, including a rare Vincent motorbike. Right now he can put you onto a bargain buy, a Bentley ,previously owned by a LOL , who only used it to go back and forth to church on Sundays and the odd Bingo outing ...until it came into the possession of leadfoot Pete .
